Cool earthquake....

[ddrueding]

Going to get the stats now, but it was LONG

[ddrueding]

Yeah Baby!

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

[Mickey]

Wow. I finally get home from my travels and am immediately greeted with an earthquake. Gotta feel loved. :)

[ddrueding]

6.5 on the Richter Scale, about 20 miles from here. Duration? My guess would be about 10-15 seconds.

[Buck]

Phooey! I didn't feel it, must've been to far away.

[ddrueding]

Wow. I finally get home from my travels and am immediately greeted with an earthquake. Gotta feel loved. :)

LOL, my dad had some important clients fly down for a meeting. They arrived 35 minutes before the Loma Prieta Quake (7.4, the one that messed with the World Series). 2 Hours later they were on a plane out of here, and never came back. Wimps.

[ddrueding]

nevermind, it was over 300 seconds long....time flies when you're having fun...

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/waveforms/wavesall/nc40148755.rsec0.html

[LunarMist]

Interesting. It was more of a roller than the one in '94. Since I was many miles from the epicenter there was no damage. The Christmas tree was swaying pretty good though until I held onto it.

[i]

LOL, my dad had some important clients fly down for a meeting. They arrived 35 minutes before the Loma Prieta Quake (7.4, the one that messed with the World Series). 2 Hours later they were on a plane out of here, and never came back. Wimps.

Loma Prieta was finally evaluated to be 7.1 (initially set at 6.9), I believe. Maybe they further refined their analysis though.

I used to live in CA. I still miss that place. I was in 9th grade during Loma Prieta. I was annoyed - as was everyone - that classes resumed as usual the next day.

I happened to be drifting off to sleep for a nap during the VA earthquake this past December 9th (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50085-2003Dec9.html). It, coupled with the cracking noises from the support column next to my bed (I'm in a 20 story building), was large enough to wake me up. It felt like several firm but gentle shoves. I remember thinking to myself, "That sort of felt like an earthquake ... but that's really unlikely ... this is Virginia." I made a note of the time just in case, and then a short while later I heard on the news that it really was an earthquake. Quakes of that size are apparently rare here, but not unprecedented.

[Buck]

It has already been 14 years since the Loma Prieta quake? Wow.

[CougTek]

Phooey! I didn't feel it, must've been to far away.
Yeah, me neither. Strange huh?

[jtr1962]

Phooey! I didn't feel it, must've been to far away.
Yeah, me neither. Strange huh?
Funny, I felt it all the way here in New York. :-?

Wait a minute-that was just my father walking to the bathroom. :bounce:

[ddrueding]

Phooey! I didn't feel it, must've been to far away.
Yeah, me neither. Strange huh?
Funny, I felt it all the way here in New York. :-?

Wait a minute-that was just my father walking to the bathroom. :bounce:

LOL. My GF is San Jose didn't feel this one...it was only 7km deep, so didn't travel very far. (I'm 20mi away, she's 70mi)

[flagreen]

I didn't feel it but the tidal wave made it all the way here to Florida.

[LunarMist]

It has already been 14 years since the Loma Prieta quake? Wow.
And it has been nearly 33 years since the San Fernando quake of 2/9/71! From my perspective that was the worst because I was hit in the head by a falling object. I just got lucky in the Northridge quake because the flying glass missed me in the bed.

[ddrueding]

Just had another (small) one....I like this stuff. :D